Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet approved the spending of £120,000 to improve the play area and open space at The Cema – Chapel Street Park in Norton Canes in December 2019.

The money has been allocated from Section 106 funds collected from housing developments in Norton Canes.

The improvements will include a new fully equipped play area, circular footpaths, landscaping, green gym equipment and artwork reflecting the heritage of the area relating to the canal basin and mining heritage.

The Council are delighted to announce that Bescot Promotions Ltd have been appointed as the new street market operator in Cannock for the next 3 years.

Following a competitive tender process run by the Council, Bescot Promotions Ltd will take over the management of the street market from E G Skett & Co.

Cannock Chase Council has set up a Covid Support Team which will work across the District to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and ensure everyone is aware of the current guidelines and restrictions.

Cannock Chase Council has now received funding from the Government to help businesses in the District whose trading has been affected during the current national lockdown. Grants are now available to be claimed from the Council.

The funding is aimed at businesses forced to close or those seriously affected by the lockdown measures that began on 5 November and which are due to continue until 2 December. The grants will help compensate for income lost during this four-week period.

Cannock Chase Council has given its views on the Planning for the Future White Paper which the Government consulted on between early August and late October.

The White Paper advocates reforms to the planning system by `streamlining and modernising the process through a new focus on design and sustainability, by improving the system of developer contributions and by providing more land for development`.

In total, the Government has made 24 proposals across three policy pillars and it is these proposals that the Council has responded to with its views.

The 2020/21 new look waste and recycling calendars are on the way to residents in Cannock Chase. 

The new calendars will be distributed to over 44,000 households in the District over the next few weeks.  The calendars are in a landscape format this year, and they form part of an information booklet, which includes a guide of what can and can’t go in your waste and recycling bins. 

`By and large the majority of Council services will continue as usual` is the message from Cannock Chase Council as the country prepares to enter another lockdown period this Thursday (5 November) which is expected to last until Wednesday 2 December.

However, in line with the Government’s announcement which included details of businesses needing to close and personal restrictions to be put in place, there will be some changes made to Council services as a result.

Closing as from the end of Wednesday will be the following:

Work is now well underway to build new homes on land at the Council’s Hawks Green Depot site at Old Hednesford Road in Cannock.

The housing development scheme is the result of a successful partnership between Cannock Chase Council and Cannock based Jessup Brothers. The development will transform part of the Council’s Depot into a mixed tenure housing estate. It is the first scheme to be built with money from the Council’s £12.9m Housing Investment Fund.